Hello, I'd like to have my Zimbra server backup in-full every night, and keep backups for up to 7 days. Could someone show me the proper zmschedulebackup syntax? I'm a little confused by the documentation.
Thanks.
Nightly Full Backup Schedule
Nightly Full Backup Schedule
Did you have a look at the wiki?
Nightly Full Backup Schedule
[quote]Did you have a look at the wiki?[/QUOTE]
I just looked at the wiki, since I toughed this out without it. Some notes on the wiki:
1. There's no mention of the "delete" schedule.
2. There's no "real-world" example of a typical command. (i.e., no reference to the required quotes around the schedule)
For better documentation, zmschedulebackup --help is (at this point) better documentation.
Using the -R option to replace your schedule, you can specify all the schedules (delete, incremental and full) in the same command:
[zimbra@zimbra1 ~]$ zmschedulebackup -R
d 15d "0 12 * * 0"
f "0 1 * * 0"
i "0 1 * * 1-6"
Schedule replaced
Current Schedule:
d 15d 0 12 * * 0
f 0 1 * * 0
i 0 1 * * 1-6
Since there was no reference on the "d" (delete) schedule, you'll notice that it requires two parameters -- one for the age, and one for the crontab schedule. I hope this helps. It took me a handful of attempts before I figured this tool out. The --help option helped a lot more than either the admin guide or the wiki.
I just looked at the wiki, since I toughed this out without it. Some notes on the wiki:
1. There's no mention of the "delete" schedule.
2. There's no "real-world" example of a typical command. (i.e., no reference to the required quotes around the schedule)
For better documentation, zmschedulebackup --help is (at this point) better documentation.
Using the -R option to replace your schedule, you can specify all the schedules (delete, incremental and full) in the same command:
[zimbra@zimbra1 ~]$ zmschedulebackup -R
d 15d "0 12 * * 0"
f "0 1 * * 0"
i "0 1 * * 1-6"
Schedule replaced
Current Schedule:
d 15d 0 12 * * 0
f 0 1 * * 0
i 0 1 * * 1-6
Since there was no reference on the "d" (delete) schedule, you'll notice that it requires two parameters -- one for the age, and one for the crontab schedule. I hope this helps. It took me a handful of attempts before I figured this tool out. The --help option helped a lot more than either the admin guide or the wiki.
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[quote user="bjared"]1. There's no mention of the "delete" schedule.
2. There's no "real-world" example of a typical command. (i.e., no reference to the required quotes around the schedule).[/QUOTE]Since you have some 'real world' experience you could add it to the wiki, it's editable by users.
2. There's no "real-world" example of a typical command. (i.e., no reference to the required quotes around the schedule).[/QUOTE]Since you have some 'real world' experience you could add it to the wiki, it's editable by users.
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[quote user="10330phoenix"]Since you have some 'real world' experience you could add it to the wiki, it's editable by users.[/QUOTE]
What kind of users? I looked for a way to edit that page already, and I don't see an edit tab, as I do in other wikis. I can click on "article" "discussion" "view source" "history" and "watch".
Let me know where you hid the "edit" tab, and I'd gladly add some content.
--Brian
P.S. When I append "&action=edit" to the URL, I don't get any buttons either to preview, submit nor show changes. Thanks.
[/QUOTE]What kind of users? I looked for a way to edit that page already, and I don't see an edit tab, as I do in other wikis. I can click on "article" "discussion" "view source" "history" and "watch".
Let me know where you hid the "edit" tab, and I'd gladly add some content.
--Brian
P.S. When I append "&action=edit" to the URL, I don't get any buttons either to preview, submit nor show changes. Thanks.
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You (probably) need to create an account, top right on the main page.
Nightly Full Backup Schedule
Having said that, maybe you can only edit some of the pages. I don't have a wiki account and some of them do have an edit tab at the top. I've also never edited a wiki myself, so I'm probably completely lost here.
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Yeah, I logged out and back in, and still no "edit" tab.
I wonder if they'd let me edit the Administration guide too...
(i.e page 116 of the 4.0 ZCS Network Edition, there is a reference to "zmofflinerestore" which isn't a valid command. There were some zmprov commands that were incorrect to, but I've slept a lot since discovering them.)
...but I digress. I'd love to contribute.
Oh, to get back on topic... I have a lot of files under /opt/zimbra/backup with a date of December 31, 1969.
Here's an example:
File: `/opt/zimbra/backup/sessions/full-20061202.060018.824/accounts/9022fb32-ad35-4f97-8aef-1ec554360941/account_latest.dat'
Size: 1034 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 regular file
Device: 812h/2066d Inode: 901242 Links: 2
Access: (0640/-rw-r-----) Uid: ( 501/ zimbra) Gid: ( 501/ zimbra)
Access: 1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
Modify: 1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
Change: 2006-12-16 08:55:21.000000000 -0500
It appears to be a backup file from Dec 2, 2006? Why would it have such a funky date? I was going to use unix find to delete really old files, but after seeing these timestamps, I'm a little nervous on doing so.
--Brian
I wonder if they'd let me edit the Administration guide too...
(i.e page 116 of the 4.0 ZCS Network Edition, there is a reference to "zmofflinerestore" which isn't a valid command. There were some zmprov commands that were incorrect to, but I've slept a lot since discovering them.)
...but I digress. I'd love to contribute.
Oh, to get back on topic... I have a lot of files under /opt/zimbra/backup with a date of December 31, 1969.
Here's an example:
File: `/opt/zimbra/backup/sessions/full-20061202.060018.824/accounts/9022fb32-ad35-4f97-8aef-1ec554360941/account_latest.dat'
Size: 1034 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 regular file
Device: 812h/2066d Inode: 901242 Links: 2
Access: (0640/-rw-r-----) Uid: ( 501/ zimbra) Gid: ( 501/ zimbra)
Access: 1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
Modify: 1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
Change: 2006-12-16 08:55:21.000000000 -0500
It appears to be a backup file from Dec 2, 2006? Why would it have such a funky date? I was going to use unix find to delete really old files, but after seeing these timestamps, I'm a little nervous on doing so.
--Brian
Nightly Full Backup Schedule
I don't know much about the backup I'm afraid so there isn't much light I could shed on your problem.
For the wiki, I'd suggest dropping an email to one of the admins and offer your help.
For the wiki, I'd suggest dropping an email to one of the admins and offer your help.